[LCA2015-Chat] Weather - was Uni Halls facilities

[Lin Nah]

HI all

The metservice in NZ is like BOMO in .au.

Here's the page for Auckland Central with a 10 day forecast.
http://www.metservice.com/towns-cities/auckland/auckland-central

Some will say it is only a forecast and could be wrong or could change
etc.  What you may find useful is the "historical data" tab when you scroll
down to the "Past Weather"
For the month of January, the range of temp from low to how is listed.
Historical Average:  11 C - 28 C
Jan 2013: 13 C - 27 C
Jan 2014 : 11C - 26 C

Climate section for Auckland's Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland#Climate

Regards
lin



On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Ewen McNeill <lca at ewen.mcneill.gen.nz>
wrote:

> On 8/01/15 12:29, David Go wrote:
>
>> Its very difficult to forcast the weather correctly for Auckland.
>> Generally the 1-day forecast is accurate - but anything beyond 5 days is
>> little more then a guess
>>
>
> It's difficult to forecast the weather accurately for _New Zealand_ --
> relatively small islands amongst relatively large masses of ocean means the
> weather can "just appear".  Typically I consider same day/next day
> forecasts to be "better than random", and seasonal guides to be useful for
> averages.  But beyond that "anything could happen".  Rain forecast in, say,
> 3 days time could mean (a) it will rain in 3 days time, (b) it will rain
> tomorrow, (c) it will rain in 5 days time, or (d) it will not rain for two
> weeks, (e) one or more of the above, (f) something else.
>
> Humidity in New Zealand, in general, tends to be higher than Places
> Adjacent to Large Deserts (eg, much of Australia), due to the lack of "dry
> breezes" taking the moisture out of the air.
>
> I'd suggest packing:
> - clothes for 20-30 C daytime/15-25C nighttime weather ("summer"),
> - something at least drizzle proof if not rain proof,
> - at least one warm thing for when it's more in the 10-20C than in the
> 20-30C (or at least something wind proof)
>
> Being summer it's _unlikely_ to get below 10C.  But it might get close,
> and feel like it's below 10C.  Being New Zealand, it's unlikely to get
> (much) above 30C.  If you feel the cold, bring more than one warm thing (I
> know I will be bringing layers of warmer things).  If you feel the heat,
> maybe adjust towards summer things but bring something "warmer" as
> contingency planning.
>
> Expect that you might well need _all_ of that range of clothes ("summer",
> "drizzle proof", "warm thing") in the one day.
>
> For Australians, and others, who have been to Tasmania, think "Tasmania
> weather".  Auckland is probably a bit warmer than Tasmania at the last LCA
> in Tasmania, and a bit more humid, but "Tasmania" will be a closer mental
> model than say "Perth" or "Canberra".
>
> Ewen
>
>
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